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Editor/Rédacteur en chef
John Sivell, Brock University
Erika Lee, Editorial Assistant
Naomi Stinson, Technical Editor
Dorine Chalifoux, Translator
Incoming Editor
Marian Rossiter, University of Alberta
Review Board/Comité consultatif
Patricia Balcom (Université de Moncton)
Gulbahar Beckett (University of
Cincinnati)
Shoaleh Bigdeli (Iran University of
Medical Sciences and Health Services)
Carmen Boulter (University of Calgary)
Barbara Burnaby (Memorial University
of Newfoundland)
Liying Cheng (Queen’s University)
Nicholas Collins (Capilano University)
Robert Courchêne (University of
Ottawa)
Ellen Cray (Carleton University)
Rula Diab (Lebanese American
University, Lebanon)
Scott Roy Douglas (University of
Calgary)
Patricia Duff (University of British
Columbia)
Nick Elson (York University)
Ruth Epstein (University of
Saskatchewan)
Antoinette Gagné (OISE, University of
Toronto)
Sheena Gardner (University of
Birmingham, UK)
Anita Girvan (Carleton University)
Ling He (University of British Columbia)
Sylvia Helmer (Vancouver School Board)
Jim Hu (Thompson River University)
Jane Jackson (Chinese University of
Hong Kong)
Jim King (University of Nottingham,
UK)
Paula Kristmanson (University of New
Brunswick)
Sandra Kouritzin (University of
Manitoba)
Icy Lee ( Chinese University of Hong
Kong)
Michael Lessard-Clouston (Biola
University, CA)
Guofang Li (Michigan State University)
Xuemei Li (Queen’s University)
Yi Li (University of Manitoba)
Xiaoping Liang (California State
University, Long Beach)
Tim MacKay (Lavallée Centre, Louis
Riel School Division)
Ardiss Mackie (Okanagan College)
Hedy McGarrell (Brock University)
Heather McIntosh (University of
Manitoba)
Bill McMichael (University of British
Columbia)
David Mendelsohn (York University)
Bernie Mohan (University of British
Columbia)
Brian Morgan (York University)
Suhanthie Motha (University of
Washington, Seattle)
Murray Munro (Simon Fraser
University)
Garold Murray (Okayama University,
Japan)
Eric Paulson (University of Cincinnati)
Ellen Pilon (TESL Nova Scotia)
Nathalie Piquemal (University of
Manitoba)
Robert Renaud (University of Manitoba)
Hetty Roessingh (University of Calgary)
Virginia Sauvé (Taylor University
College)
Ling Shi (University of British Columbia)
Ron Thomson (Brock University)
Kelleen Toohey (Simon Fraser
University)
Carolyn E. Turner (McGill University)
Diana Turner (Manitoba Education)
Deborah Yeager (Brock University)
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Kong))
Mari Haneda (Ohio State University)
Aek Phakiti (University of Sydney,
Australia)
Sayyed Ayatollah Razmjoo (Shiraz
University, Iran)
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TESL Canada Journal
Revue TESL du Canada
Vol. 28, No 1, Winter/Hiver 2010
Contents/Matières
i, iii A Word From the Editor/
Un mot de l’éditeur
Perspectives
1 Identity, Literacy, and English-Language Teaching
Bonny Norton
Articles
14 An Introspective Study of Arabicand Mandarin-Speakers’ Reading Comprehension Strategies
Marilyn Abbott
41 Tinkering with tasks knows no bounds: ESL Teachers’
Adaptations of Task-Based Language-Teaching
John L. Plews and Kangxian Zhao
60 Offshore Outsourcing Teacher Inservice Education:
The Long-Term Effects of a Four-Month Pedagogical Program
on Japanese Teachers of English
Melodie Cook
77 Perceptions of Volunteer Roles
in English Conversation Circles
Anne Van Gilst
97 On the Relationship of Multiple Intelligences With Listening
Proficiency and Attitudes Among Iranian TEFL University Students
Ma’ssoumeh Bemani Naeini and Ambigapathy Pandian
In the Classroom
115 Who is the Real Owner? Or How a Simple Pepsi-Cola Story Can
Help Students Build Critical Thinking Skills
Tatiana Galetcaia and Loreena Thiessen
127 Linking Research and Practice: Effective Strategies for Teaching
Vocabulary in the ESL Classroom
Jihyun Nam
Book Reviews
136 Vocabulary Studies in First and Second Language Acquisition: The
Interface Between Theory and Application by Brian Richards, Michael
H. Daller, David D. Malvern, Paul Meara, James Milton, & Jeanine
Treffers-Daller
Nikta Razavi
138 The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo (W. Cobb, Trans.)
Retold by N. Taylor
Chirawibha Sivell
Books Available for Review, Winter 2010
Desperately Seeking Solutions: Helping Students Build Problem-Solving Skills
to Meet Life’s Many Challenges, Kathy Paterson, 2009 (Pembroke).
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms: New Dilemmas for
Teachers, Ed. Jennifer Miller, Alex Kostogriz, and Margaret Gearson,
2009 (Multilingual Matters).
Take-Off: Technical English for Engineering (Course Book, Workbook, and
Teacher’s Book, includes three CDs), D. Morgan and F. McGarry, with
N. Regan, 2008 (Garnet Education).
Teaching Second Language Listening, Tony Lynch, 2009 (Oxford
University Press).
Word Knowledge: A Vocabulary Teacher’s Handbook, Cheryl Boyd
Zimmerman (Oxford University Press).
A History of Ireland for Learners of English, Tony Penston, 2010 (TP
Publications).
A Word From the Editor
First of all, it is my pleasure to introduce Marian Rossiter as the next Editor of
TESL Canada Journal. Marian joined the editorial team early in the autumn of
2010 and will begin her term as Editor on July 1, 2011. Marian is an associate
professor and the Coordinator of the TESL program in the Department of
Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta, where she teaches
courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Many readers will
already know Marian from her articles and conference presentations, from
her work with Alberta Teachers of English as a Second Language and with
TESL Canada, or from her service as Book Review Editor for the Journal of
International Migration and Integration. I am looking forward to working
alongside Marian for the next several months until my own term comes to an
end, and I am confident that her energy, critical thinking, and experience will
contribute substantially to the future development of TESL Canada Journal.
I am sure that Marian will want to say more about her vision of the journal’s
upcoming goals and challenges once she takes the helm, but at this stage I
simply wish to inform readers that the transition of editorships is well under
way and that the future looks very bright indeed.
This issue of the journal begins with a stimulating Perspectives piece by
Bonny Norton that presents and discusses three studies that explore aspects
of the relationship between literacy and identity. And this culturally oriented
focus can also be generally perceived in a number of other contributions.
Marilyn Abbot puts forward the findings of an study comparing the ESL
reading comprehension strategies of Arabic- and Mandarin-speaking
learners; John Plews and Kangxian Zhao look at the challenges of effectively
implementing task-based learning with an eye to questioning the premise
that these might relate to native-speaker/non-native-speaker differences;
Melodie Cook examines the longer-term effect of inservice professional education abroad programs for Japanese EFL teachers; and Tatiana Galetcaia
and Loreen Thiessen offer a practical approach to developing the critical
writing skills of university-level international students. In addition, we have
Anne VanGilst’s study of participants’ and volunteers’ perceptions of the
role of volunteers in a conversation-circle setting; Massoumeh Bemani
Naeimi and Ambigapathy Pandians report research into potential relationships among EFL listening comprehension, multiple intelligence type, and
attitude; and Jihyun Nam proposes concrete ways to embody research findings about ESL vocabulary learning in the form of specific classroom activities.
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Finally, there are two book reviews, one of a more theoretical volume and
the other of a more strictly pedagogical text. Nikta Razavi reviews Vocabulary
Studies in First and Second Language Acquisition (Richards, Daller, Malvern,
Meara, Milton, & Treffers-Daller), and Chirawibha Sivell gives an account of
the instructional features of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Penguin Readers
series).
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JOHN SIVELL
Un mot de l’éditeur
Avant tout, j’ai le plaisir de vous présenter la prochaine éditrice de la Revue
TESL Canada : Madame Marian Rossiter. Marian s’est jointe à l’équipe éditoriale au début de l’automne 2010 et elle commencera son mandat comme
éditrice le 1er juillet 2011. Marian est professeure agrégée et coordonnatrice
du programme TESL au département de psychologie éducationnelle à la
University of Alberta, où elle enseigne des cours des premier, deuxième et
troisième cycles. Plusieurs lecteurs connaîtront déjà Marian par ses articles et
ses présentations aux colloques, par son travail avec Alberta Teachers of English as a Second Language et avec TESL Canada, ou encore par son travail
comme directrice de la critique des livres pour la Revue de l’intégration et la
migration internationale. J’ai hâte de travailler avec Marian au cours des
mois à venir jusqu’à la fin de mon mandat. Je suis persuadé que l’énergie, la
pensée critique et l’expérience qu’elle apportera avec elle contribueront de
façon importante au développement de la Revue TESL Canada. Une fois que
Marian aura pris les rênes, elle voudra sans doute expliquer sa vision relative
aux objectifs et aux défis de la revue. À ce point-ci alors, je me contente de
signaler aux lecteurs que la transition se déroule bien et que l’avenir s’annonce prometteur.
Ce numéro de la revue commence par un article stimulant écrit par Bonny
Norton qui se trouve dans la section Perspectives. Elle y présente et discute
trois études touchant des aspects du rapport entre la littératie et l’identité.
Plusieurs autres articles s’articulent également autour d’un élément culturel.
Marilyn Abbot présente les résultats d’une étude qui compare les stratégies
de compréhension à la lecture en ALS d’élèves dont la langue maternelle est
l’arabe ou le mandarin. John Plews et Kangxian Zhao examinent les défis
relatifs à la mise en œuvre efficace de l’apprentissage centré sur les tâches et
s’interrogent quant à la possibilité que ceux-ci soient liés aux différences
entre locuteurs natifs et non natifs. Melodie Cook porte son regard sur l’effet
à long terme des programmes de formation professionnelle à l’étranger pour
des enseignants japonais d’ALP en exercice. Tatiana Galetcaia et Loreena
Thiessen offrent une approche pratique au développement des habiletés en
rédaction critique aux étudiants internationaux de niveau universitaire.
Nous présentons également l’étude d’Anne Van Gilst’s portant sur les perceptions qu’ont les participants et les bénévoles du rôle des bénévoles dans
les cercles de conversation. Ma’ssoumeh Bemani Naeini et Ambigapathy
Pandian dressent un rapport de leur recherche sur les rapports potentiels
entre la compréhension à la l’écoute en ALP, les types d’intelligences
multiples et l’attitude. Jihyun Nam propose des façons concrètes de transfor-
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mer les résultats de recherche portant sur l’apprentissage du vocabulaire en
ALS en activités spécifiques pour la salle de classe.
Finalement, le numéro inclut deux critiques de livre, une portant sur un
volume plus théorique et l’autre sur un manuel plus pédagogique. Nikta
Razavi offre une critique de Vocabulary Studies in First and Second Language
Acquisition (Richards, Daller, Malvern, Meara, Milton, & TreffersDaller), et
Chirawibha Sivell présente un compte rendu des composantes pédagogiques
de The Hunchback of NotreDame de la série Penguin Readers.
John Sivell
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JOHN SIVELL